{"data":{"id":"us-nh/rsa-546-b-53-c","jurisdiction":"us-nh","citation":"RSA 546-B:53-c","heading":"Initiation by Department of Health and Human Services of Support Proceeding Under Convention.","body":"I. In a support proceeding under this article, the department of health and human services of this state shall:\n(a) Transmit and receive applications; and\n(b) Initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application in a tribunal of this state.\nII. The following support proceedings are available to an obligee under the Convention:\n(a) Recognition or recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order;\n(b) Enforcement of a support order issued or recognized in this state;\n(c) Establishment of a support order if there is no existing order, including, if necessary, determination of parentage of a child;\n(d) Establishment of a support order if recognition of a foreign support order is refused under RSA 546-B:53-g, II (b), (d), or (i);\n(e) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state; and\n(f) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.\nIII. The following support proceedings are available under the Convention to an obligor against which there is an existing support order:\n(a) Recognition of an order suspending or limiting enforcement of an existing support order of a tribunal of this state;\n(b) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state; and\n(c) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.\nIV. A tribunal of this state may not require security, bond, or deposit, however described, to guarantee the payment of costs and expenses in proceedings under the Convention.","path":["Title LV: PROCEEDINGS IN SPECIAL CASES","Chapter ARTICLE 7: SUPPORT PROCEEDINGS UNDER CONVENTION"],"source_url":"https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/LV/546-B/546-B-53-c.htm","current_through":"2025 regular legislative session, or December 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:01:43Z","sha256":"d466234a53c2516c967a5ead67e1a7a4516b7ddad547bfac3be6028befc57dfe","source_id":"us-nh","stale":false,"prev":"us-nh/rsa-546-b-53-b","next":"us-nh/rsa-546-b-53-d"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}